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As a therapist, my goal is to create a space where individuals, teens, and couples feel safe, respected, and truly heard. Whether you're navigating anxiety, life transitions, relationship challenges, or just trying to find a clearer path forward—therapy can be a powerful place to reconnect with yourself and your goals.

Tara has an energetic laugh that puts clients at ease and enjoys playfully incorporating her love of sarcasm (it is her self-proclaimed primary love language) into her work with her clients. She has been known to lovingly call people out on their “bologna” when she sees or hears it and is a great accountability partner. Tara is also incredibly empathetic and provides a warm and safe environment and a quiet listening ear when the situation calls for it. Noticing and reading nonverbal communication and body language is a skill Tara possesses in spades so she often learns a lot even from things that go unsaid. Tara encourages her clients to be genuine and authentic and to use whatever kind of colorful language they choose (as long as it isn’t name calling with your partner next to you)- therapy with Tara is a judgement free zone! She is unapologetically herself and she encourages her clients to do the same.

Tara is passionate about working with couples who are struggling in their marriage or relationship to find peace, to communicate more effectively, to have a more agreeable distribution of responsibilities, to process and work on healing past relationship traumas, to “fight fairly”, and most importantly to learn to have fun together and appreciate one another again. Helping couples to identify their love language and learn how to express love in their partner’s love language is an important part of her work with couples.

Tara also enjoys helping individuals who are struggling how to navigate their current relationship or having a hard time finding the relationship that they want, need and deserve. She assists clients whose worlds have been sent for a loop after experiencing a tough breakup and helps them to pick up the pieces, grieve the loss, and ultimately move forward toward new relationships where they can use what they have learned from the processing of their previous relationships and discussions of what went right and what went wrong.

She aims to help people who feel like they are failing at life and can’t quite seem to “get it together”. This can include the people who are always looking for an “adultier” adult around and those that struggle with procrastination, perfectionism, prioritizing, self-care, comparison to others, work/school/family/life balance, and co-dependency. Through their work together, Tara and her clients work through these issues to find tools and skills to improve the areas a client can change and ultimately work towards self-acceptance on the things that they are unable to change. Acknowledgment of your own self-worth is something that Tara finds incredibly important.

Welcome! My name is Ashlynn. I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of NC. My work helps people with various mental and behavioral health concerns such as: depression, anxiety, co- occurring disorders, etc. to cope with their experiences and make changes to improve their health and wellbeing. I generally work with people on improving stress, improving interpersonal skills/relationships, increasing motivation for change, and increasing self- awareness. I believe in the importance and impact of intersectional identity (race/gender/class) and use a multicultural approaches to therapy.

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I am a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with over 17 years of experience as a psychotherapist. My background includes more than a decade working in university counseling centers, where I supported undergraduate and graduate students. Now in private practice in Denver, I bring that same depth of experience to a wider range of adults.

In addition to traditional talk therapy, I offer approaches that incorporate mindfulness, somatic awareness, EMDR, and psychedelic-assisted therapy (including ketamine). I work with clients navigating stress, perfectionism, ADHD, trauma, difficulties with self-worth and shame, and major life changes, as well as those seeking deeper self-understanding and growth.

I am dedicated to providing a compassionate and client-centered approach to all my services. My practice focuses on building strong, trusting relationships with clients, ensuring that each individual feels heard and understood.

My style is warm and empathetic, creating a safe space for exploration and growth. I utilize evidence-based techniques tailored to your individual circumstances, ensuring that our work together is as effective as possible.

Hello, I'm Lyndsey and I am an LCMHC. After successfully completing my 2.5 year supervised residency, I have established my own counseling practice, Seed & Nourish, PLLC. My intention is to create a supportive environment for clients, where they feel comfortable integrating their faith with therapeutic support, without imposing any specific beliefs.

Hi, I’m Ashlie Austin, a therapist passionate about helping women who feel “never enough” find relief, confidence, and self-compassion. I specialize in working with women navigating perfectionism, ADHD, and anxiety, and I provide trauma-informed care to help untangle the experiences that keep you feeling stuck. I’m trained in EMDR, which can be especially effective for healing from painful memories and breaking free from patterns rooted in the past. Above all, I want my clients to know they don’t have to figure it all out alone.

Whether this is your first time looking for a therapist or a "last ditch effort" to get help, I believe I can support you. When you are working with me, and yes, therapy is work, it is my hope that you will feel warmth, genuineness, and judgment-free compassion from me. Just the concept of feeling heard can be quite powerful in itself. I am trained in a number of therapeutic approaches but I do not believe in a cookie-cutter approach to clients, and will tailor my interventions to your needs.